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Loxam Powered Access CEO on equipment, costs, acquisitions and headwinds
Paul Rankin shares the challenges and solutions in today’s international rental market 
Trackunit interview: swimming in a data lake
Trackunit’s Soeren Brogaard on telematics and AI
How assistance devices improve operator safety
The latest assistance devices offer crane operators a fuller picture and help improve safety on site
Interview: Kanamoto’s plans for overseas expansion
The risk of noise in construction and new ways of protecting workers from it
What can construction companies do to protect workers’ hearing as International Noise Awareness Day approaches?
Access equipment at Intermat
AI profiles the access equipment on show in Paris
How Turkey is rebuilding a year on from devastating earthquake
What challenges face Turkey’s construction industry a year after the country was hit by a devastating earthquake?
Striving for greater ‘rentability’ in France
As Intermat arrives, how is the French rental market doing?
Huge projects require even bigger crawlers
A trend in the market for both types of crawler crane, telescopic and lattice boom, is that the focus continues to move up the capacity scale. Niamh Marriott reports.
What makes construction projects in the UK so unusually expensive?
London is currently the most expensive city in the world in which to build, pipping Geneva in Switzerland to take the top spot in the 2024 Arcadis International Construction Costs (ICC) report.
New digital tools to increase rental efficiencies
Software suppliers are helping rental companies gain deeper insight into asset tracking, emissions reporting and logistics 
The struggle to agree UK parliament’s £22bn refurbishment plans
What has happened to plans to refurbish the historic Palace of Westminster?
Interview: Don’s Rental on the struggle of the independents
Dave Dworschak, second-generation owner of US-based, homeowner-focused Don’s Rental, says it’s tough out there for smaller equipment rental companies in remote markets
10 new cities under construction around the world
Can building new cities around the world help lift tens of millions of people out of poverty?
Interview: JLG’s Tim Morris on the access market and what’s to come
Lindsey Anderson sits down with JLG’s Tim Morris for an update on what’s to come from the world’s largest access equipment OEM
Job hopping, remote working, and tech: How can construction retain Gen Z?
What does Gen Z want from the construction industry? And can the industry provide it?
How much are the world’s biggest construction OEMs spending on R&D?
What are the world’s 10 biggest construction equipment manufacturers spending on research and development?
Part Two: Industry veteran Mike Disser on what independent rental companies need to thrive
Whether you’re looking to sell your business and want to go the distance, Disser offers industry wisdom to help companies reach their goals
ESG reporting and the changing generational and regulatory landscape
Younger generations want their investments to align with their values. The related ESG regulations can make that a challenge for OEMs.
Bechtel’s Catherine Hunt Ryan on the battle to recruit more female tradespeople
Catherine Hunt Ryan, head of manufacturing and technology at infrastructure giant Bechtel explains why the company needs to recruit more female craft professionals
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